The feeling is that there’s too much ground to make up to get a deal done by the 4 p.m. deadline later today,” Schefer says. “It doesn’t look like there will be a long-term deal for Wes Welker. I don’t think he expects one, I don’t think the Patriots expect one. That doesn’t prevent the two sides from revisiting the topic today, as they will. But it will not be easy to get that deal done.